Door-holding attachment



Jul 19 19 y 27 H. L.- FERRIS DOOR HOLDING ATTACHMENT Filed Aug. 14. 1926 Patented July 19, 1921;

UNITED STATES 1,636,468 PATENT OFF ICE- EENRY I4. FERRIS, OF HARVARD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HT J'N'I, HELM, FERRIS & COMPANY, 01 HARVARD, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

DOOR-HOLDING ATTACHMENT.

Application filed August 14, 1926 Serial No. 129,229. I

This invention pertains particularly to a door-holding device which is adapted to automatically latch a door in the open position. The primary object of the invention 5 is to provide an improved device of this character which can be manufactured at moderate cost, which can be readily applied to a door, and which will present a pleasing appearance and also will serve to hold the in door staunchly andreliably in open position.

A .featureof the present invention is the r provision of a simplea'nd effective device for enabling the latch tobe released from'the inner side ofthe door; and another feature of the invention is a novel keeper provided with a guide equip ed at opposite ends with latch-shoulders, a apting the keeper to be.

used either as a right or left keeper.

Preferably, the improved attachment is connected with the door post and'the door at about the horizontal center line of the door, and extending over the central hinge of the door, where such hinge is employed. 7 The invention is illustrated in its preferred embodiment -in the accompanying drawing, in whichy Fig. 1 is a broken elevational view show ing a fragment of a door-postand a door hingedly connected therewith, and showing plied thereto; Fig. 2, a broken horizontal sectional view taken as indicated at line 2-2 on Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a fragmentary sectional view showing the door in openposition; Fig. 4, a broken vertical sectional view taken as indicated at line 4 on Fig. 1 Fig. 5, a rear or inner elevational view of the I elongated keeper employed, the view showing also a.-portion of the connecting rod employed; and Fig. 6, a broken vertical section'alview on an enlarged scale, the section being taken as indicated at line 6 on Fig. 1. f In the construction illustrated, A. designates a post, or door-sup ort; Bdesignates a door connected with t e memberA. by

hinges B (one. shown and C designates the improved door-hol ing attachment, having associated therewitha latch-releasing device C.

The im roved door-holding attachment is particular y useful in connection with ga rage doors, but may be employed in connection with swinging barn doors, or in other similar situations. It will be understood that the, door jamb, or door support, A may be of any suitable construction, and that any desired number of hinges may be employed for carrying the door.

The door-holding attachment C comprises a hinge member' 1'; a connecting rod 2 pivotally connectedwith said hinge member; and an elongated keeper 3 provided with a suitable guide interlockingly but slidably engaged by a head with which the connecting rod 2, is equipped.

The hinge member 1' is provided with eyes '1 separated by a space which accommodates freely the pivot portion 2 ofthe connecting rod. A readily removable pintlel extends through the eyes 1 and serves as a pivot-for the rod 2. The connection at this point is loose enough to permit the opposite end 'of the, rod 2 to drop the necessary amount to effect, the latching connection.

"The keeper3 preferably is in the form of walls 3 of thethese recesses are preferably undercut, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5. The keeper 3V is secured, by means of screws 4,

to the central cross member 5 of the door. also the improved door-holding device ap- The keeper" 3, as thus described, afi'ords backbf the front wall of the boss 3, a-

space or chamber 6 Which is adapted to accommodate the flanged head 2 with which The eye 2* of the rod may be passed readily through the slot 3* from'the rear of the keeper inmaking' the connection between the keeper and the connecting rod.

In the operation of the device,'the inward- 1 1y turned portion of the rod designated 2, is adapted to drop into the notch or recess 3 at thef far end, of the keeper when the door is swung to the open position. On the other hand, the notch 3 at the inner end of the keeper isso positioned that it cannot be engaged by the latch member when the door is in closedposition.

The latch-releasing device C preferably consists of a bell-crank lever journalled in a perforation in an eye 7 which is formed integrally with the end-portion of the keeper,

The eye '1' is duplicated. at th'e two ends of the keeper for purpose of adapting the keeper to be used as aright and left-"keeper.

The bell-crank preferably is formed from-a' rod bent to afford a pivot-portion 8 and an arm 8. The pivot-portion extends through the eye 7 and a registering perforation '9 with which the door is provided. Normally,

the arm 8 depends vertically from the pivot,

1* but when the pivot, or shaft, 8 is turned in the properdirection, the arm-8" will engage the portion Q of the :latch-link, or connecting-rod 2 and lift the latch-link from en- ,gagement with the -notc h 3.. "The shaft, or

,pivot, 8 has secured on its rear. or inner end anaetuatingi arm,or handle, .8", Thisarm is shown prov ded with a perforate hub-portion whrch aslips onto the shaft and :is removably In the illustration given, ,t he door-holding attachment is shown applied to a door located at the r-ight of the door-support A. Obviously. however, the attachment may be appliedwhere the door is located at the left be noted from Fig. 2 that the parts are so disposed that when-the door is in the-closed vposition, the latch-linkfiextends across and in close proximity to the eye-portion of the hinge B'.

Ordinarily, the :leaf of the hinge 1 would be attached to thedoor-support A in such .position that the end-edge of the leaf will bear against the rear edge of the lfiXCCl leaf of the hinge B of the ,door.

The foregoing detailed description has been given for. clearness of understanding only and no unnecessary limitations should be understood therefrom, but the appended claims should be construed as broadly as permissible in view of the prior art. I

hat I regard as new, anddesireto secure by Letters Patent, is: i

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a door hingedly connected therewith, ahinge-meinber secured to .said door-support .back of the pivot line oflthe door, .a latchrod pivotally connected atone end with said 'hinge member and equipped atthe other=end with an inturned portion provided with a head, and an velongated keeper securedto said door, said keeper being provided with ,a guide having at opposite ends downwardly ofl'setrecesses affording latch-shoulders, the inturned portion of said latch-rod engaging said guide slot and being adapted to interlockingly engage the latch-shoulder at the remote endof said keeper when the, door is in the open position while the latch-shoulder ,being providedat its remote end with a latchshoulder adapted to be latchingly engaged *bythe latch-rod when the door-is in open securedin position by :means of a .set screw 1. In combination with a door-support and tionedtha-t it cannotbeengaged bythe latchrod when the door is in closed position.

2. 111 combination with an door-support and a door hingcdly connectedtthcrewith, a latch-rod pivotally connected with said doorsupport back of the pivot line ofthe door, an elongated keeper slidably and interlockingly engaged by said latch-rod, said keeper ill position, and a releasing device adapted to engage ,and'liftsaid latc'lrrod, said releasing device having an operating member locatec at the inner side of the door.

v 3. A door-holding attachment adapted to secure a. (lr in open position, comprising a hingeanembeiyh latch-rod having one end pivotally connected therewith and having its opposite endprovidedwithan inturned portion equipped with a head, a keeper having an embossme-nt provided with a guide slot having at vits end a downwardly offset recess affording a large shoulder, said keeper being provided adjacent said recesswith a pivotperforation, and a latch releasing device having a pivot-portion extending through said perforation and having anarin adapted to lift the latch-rod, said pivot-portion being equipped at its opposite end with an actuating arm. V i

4. A door-holding attachment comprising a hingeeinemberadapted to be secured to a .do'or support, said hinge-member being provided. with vertical eyes spaced apart, a latchrod having at one end an eye disposed vbetween. said firsteianied eyes, and at the other end an linturned portion'equipped with .a head, a verticalpintle' connecting said eyes, :and afkeeper equipped with means for attachment to .said door, said keeper having a longitudinal .embossment provided with a gui ';le slot having at opposite ends downwardly oifset recesses affording latch-shoulders and said keeper being equ pped at oppo- "site endsvwith pivot-.pcrfo'rations, and a belladded at opposite ends with downwardly olfset recesses affording latch-shoulders, and a Llatch-rodhaving one end curved to form a pivot-eye and having the other end-portion bent inwardly and upset to form a head adapted tounderlie said embossment while the inturned-portion of the rod is movable in said guide slot, said latch rod. being insertable from the rear through said guide slot in assembling the parts.

(5. In a device of the character set forth, adapted to underlie said embossment While an elongated keeper provided with alongithe inturned portion of the rod is movable 15 tudinal embossment havin a guide slot proin said guide slot, said latch-rod being invided at opposite ends witi downwardly ofisertable from the rear through said guide 5 set recesses affording latch-shoulders, a slot-in assembling the parts, and means for latch-rod having one end curved to form a lifting said latch-rod to releaseit from said pivot-eye and having the other end-portion recesses.

bent inwardly and upset to form a head HENRY L. FERRIS. I 

